Wednesday, October 28, 2020

2020 Zoom Adventure Dates

How did November 2020 sneak up on us? Yikes! is not enough of a remark for the last nine months of 2020. 

Like so much of our lives, Alpine Sandbox has been on hiatus. But the Library staff has reached out to give us a Zoom option! Yes, the drop-in iPhone/iPad/Mac support will be offered from 10 am to noon on November 14th and December 5th.

There will be lots to catch up on. Like, what have you been doing with your iPhone and iPads? In September Apple released iOS 14 for iPhone and iPad OS 14 for iPad. Have you updated? What do you think? There are some fun features to explore with these releases. For hints check out the …

iPhone support page
https://support.apple.com/iphone

iPad support page
https://support.apple.com/ipad

I hope you have time to connect during our Zoom adventures. You do not have to create a Zoom account to join our meeting just use the URL and you will be prompted to download the app (on your computer, iPad or iPhone). If you are an experienced Zoomer, then use the same account and app. 

Watch for new email a few days before our online meeting with details and the URL for our get-together. Alpine County Library staff will create our Zoom meetings with login credentials so our meeting is … just us, no outsiders. Also, our meetings will not be recorded for offline viewing. 

By using Zoom we can share the screen of our iPhone or iPad - to remote participants - as if we are in the same room. This is amazing technology. In addition to sharing our screens, Zoom includes text chat as well as video and audio conferencing.